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you see for example the gulf states acting more autonomously. this idea of a hub and spoke model in the middle east which it talked about before, with the u.s. as a center, our allies on --is polk, that has changed. on the pspokes has changed. it is not clear what the new structure will be, whether we are at the center or periphery. the transitional countries, egypt, libya, i think they're not convinced of the value proposition of an alliance with united states. that is a problem for us. and of course our adversaries, iran, and groups affiliated with iran, have this perception, which i think is wrong, of the united states in being at some sort of irreversible decline. if they wait, we will eventually disengage and they do not need to worry about what we might do. this visit to the middle east needs to be a fresh start for president obama. i think there has to be a renewed commitment to the region. it has to start worrying less about public opinion -- hear maybe i defer to my colleagues in saying, i think it would be a mistake to look at this vis
you see for example the gulf states acting more autonomously. this idea of a hub and spoke model in the middle east which it talked about before, with the u.s. as a center, our allies on --is polk, that has changed. on the pspokes has changed. it is not clear what the new structure will be, whether we are at the center or periphery. the transitional countries, egypt, libya, i think they're not convinced of the value proposition of an alliance with united states. that is a problem for us. and of...
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about the unstable state of the wider region. what mr. obama will hear from his israeli counterparts is israel is very jittery. they are preparing for a fallout as syria disintegrates and hezbollah rearms. >> we are getting ready to shoot back and to be much more aggressive or much more decisive in this war in order to make this war and as quick as possible. mereve years ago as a presidential candidate, barack obama net and family rebuilding their home after a rocket attack from gaza. whatever impact he made then has long worn off. >> he says he is like any other color vision but acknowledges he has been a very good friend to israel. and a difficult trip. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, pope francis celebrates his first public mass as leader of the catholic church, showing signs of changes to come already. just six months after being shot in the head by the taliban today, a girl returns to school. targeted for campaigning to get girls the same rights and was back inmallalah the classroom in britain. she
about the unstable state of the wider region. what mr. obama will hear from his israeli counterparts is israel is very jittery. they are preparing for a fallout as syria disintegrates and hezbollah rearms. >> we are getting ready to shoot back and to be much more aggressive or much more decisive in this war in order to make this war and as quick as possible. mereve years ago as a presidential candidate, barack obama net and family rebuilding their home after a rocket attack from gaza....
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president barack obama is about to visit the state of israel the first time during his time in office the so-called peace process we're told is not on the agenda so the real purpose of the visit around syria with what i call the great in the arab muslim world what does obama hope to achieve beyond paying his respects. to cross a bomb has upcoming visit to israel i'm joined by norman finkelstein a new york political analyst and an author and in amman we have. co-editor of john the gentleman you can jump in anytime you want you know crosstalk rules maureen if i can go to you first i mean why is obama going to the middle east now what does he want to achieve. it doesn't appear that he's trying to achieve anything people who know us foreign policy much better than i have suggested that the purpose of the visit is simply to visit and to check that box and to be able to demonstrate that he's been to israel and to get out of the way at the beginning of his term and it doesn't and it certainly has as you yourself mentioned the so-called peace process is not on the agenda he's not bringing any
president barack obama is about to visit the state of israel the first time during his time in office the so-called peace process we're told is not on the agenda so the real purpose of the visit around syria with what i call the great in the arab muslim world what does obama hope to achieve beyond paying his respects. to cross a bomb has upcoming visit to israel i'm joined by norman finkelstein a new york political analyst and an author and in amman we have. co-editor of john the gentleman you...
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issued a statement, part of which reads: the united states continues to work with our iraqi partners to advance our shared interest in security and peace. rick was with the u.s. marines who led the ground invasion and is live. >> we wanted to focus on the marines we spent time with then. one of the -- them fired the very first shots on the ground. sergeant bill was the gunner with the third light armor recognizance battalion, taking out an iraqi guard post. then the pushed north towards baghdad, he says he remembers most the long hours, lack of sleep, pushing his bid to the max and being grateful for the training he did in the years leading up to the invasion. >> remember being in iraq, and saying, man, the last six years, this is exactly what they told me it was going to be like, train for it, and better prepared when i was thrown into it. >> sergeant is still in the corps, promoted to first sergeant, spending time with his wife and two you can sons while helping train reservist, and he says he doesn't regret a day of service and still believes or troops made a difference in iraq. >
issued a statement, part of which reads: the united states continues to work with our iraqi partners to advance our shared interest in security and peace. rick was with the u.s. marines who led the ground invasion and is live. >> we wanted to focus on the marines we spent time with then. one of the -- them fired the very first shots on the ground. sergeant bill was the gunner with the third light armor recognizance battalion, taking out an iraqi guard post. then the pushed north towards...
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part of the agenda for president obama and prime minister netanyahu as well as with president obama and the palestinian leadership. the king who wants this very much, it's in his own best interests believes that israeli settlements have moved so far into the west bank, which would be of course the base of a palestinian state, that so many settlers have moved so deep into the territory that it's going to be impossible soon to separate these two sides. and what he says is if you don't have the ability to disentangle the israelis from the palestinians what you're going to be left with is a single unitary state with two groups of people who hate each other. he thinks it is a formula for endless violence and sorrow and is pushing very hard the moderate palestinians to come back to the table and pushing even harder to get the israelis to focus on this, what he sees as a problem not only for the israelis but the palestinians and the jordanians as well. >> thanks for joining us. >>> are you finding that you're getting lingering looks in yoga class lately? well, it might be because everyone
part of the agenda for president obama and prime minister netanyahu as well as with president obama and the palestinian leadership. the king who wants this very much, it's in his own best interests believes that israeli settlements have moved so far into the west bank, which would be of course the base of a palestinian state, that so many settlers have moved so deep into the territory that it's going to be impossible soon to separate these two sides. and what he says is if you don't have the...
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speculation that since the united states, president obama will be less -- [inaudible] israel issues -- [inaudible] being in the -- [inaudible] european countries labeling products from the west bank is not -- [inaudible] for thicks like that. any thoughts on that? [inaudible conversations] >> i doubt that. first, the as i said before he choose to take the trip and the trip itself send a signal he retains an interest in this, number one. number two, it's never going the u.s. interest to see bad ideas adopted. we're going end up having to pick up the pieces anyway. so those who think that, well, he's washing his hands of it. he wouldn't be taking a trip there number one. number two, his secretary of state lead clear it's an issue of great interest to him. i think part of the trip is designed to not only send the president's interest in it but create in a sense win behind the bat of the secretary of state. number three, as i said, if you don't ideas that are in the end going to be destructive to get anything done, the united states is going have a -- on that and the united states won't r
speculation that since the united states, president obama will be less -- [inaudible] israel issues -- [inaudible] being in the -- [inaudible] european countries labeling products from the west bank is not -- [inaudible] for thicks like that. any thoughts on that? [inaudible conversations] >> i doubt that. first, the as i said before he choose to take the trip and the trip itself send a signal he retains an interest in this, number one. number two, it's never going the u.s. interest to...
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this is a historic visit for president obama to go over there. prime minister netanyahu, his party did not farewell in the last elections. both men seem to be tied up with a lot of doe mostic affairs. what is the sense with president obama coming over there and he ran the central issue for common israelis these days. >> well, the bond between the united states and israel is still very strong even if the personal chemistry between netanyahu and president obama is not strong and it has been widely reported they don't have a very good working relationship. one of the main reasons for coming not just to israel, but jordan and the west bank right now. that was for the united states to shore up friends. the united states still as a friend of israel. if you look back at the larger regional issues, the chaos around us. the united states is worried about its friends and that israel is surrounded by an increasingly hostile region and egypt is no longer a reliable ally and jordan could face their own internal threats and syria on the border is in a state of
this is a historic visit for president obama to go over there. prime minister netanyahu, his party did not farewell in the last elections. both men seem to be tied up with a lot of doe mostic affairs. what is the sense with president obama coming over there and he ran the central issue for common israelis these days. >> well, the bond between the united states and israel is still very strong even if the personal chemistry between netanyahu and president obama is not strong and it has been...
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in 2002 before the war began, a young state senator named barack obama came out to oppose the invasion of iraq. at a time when few politicians on the left were showing that kind of courage. when he was running for president a few years later, he promised to end the iraq war, and in 2011, he did. >> as president, i want us to fight on the right battlefield. and what that means is getting out of iraq. >> the long war in iraq will come to an end by the end of this year. across america, our servicemen and women will be reunited with their families. today, i can say that our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. >> our troops are home. the iraq war is over. but today too many republicans haven't learned the lessons of this tragedy. dick cheney himself says he has no regrets. >> it is a wartime situation. it was more important to be successful than it was to be loved. if i had to do it over again, i would do it in a minute. >> and here's what a new republican congressman, a veteran considered a rising star in the party, said just last week. >> are we fighting too many wars
in 2002 before the war began, a young state senator named barack obama came out to oppose the invasion of iraq. at a time when few politicians on the left were showing that kind of courage. when he was running for president a few years later, he promised to end the iraq war, and in 2011, he did. >> as president, i want us to fight on the right battlefield. and what that means is getting out of iraq. >> the long war in iraq will come to an end by the end of this year. across america,...
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. >> we welcome president obama to israel. to express our appreciation for what he has done for us. >> the bond between the united states and israel are unbreakable. and the commitment of the united states to the security of israel is iron clad. ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ travel down the road and back again ♪ ♪ your heart is true ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> so p.j., embassy of israel, you saw it there. some say it has a bit of a jib jab take to it. you can certainly get a tone of what the embassy of israel is trying to get across. what is a tone you expect that these two leaders want to get across to the world during this trip? >> well, i think there has been too much focus on the admitted tension in the relationship between the prime minister and the president. i think one of his objectives is be only to establish a mode us which operandi. they'll be serving two to four years. it is about reaslurring the israeli people that there is this significant bond and it is an everlasting bond between the unit
. >> we welcome president obama to israel. to express our appreciation for what he has done for us. >> the bond between the united states and israel are unbreakable. and the commitment of the united states to the security of israel is iron clad. ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ travel down the road and back again ♪ ♪ your heart is true ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> so p.j., embassy of israel, you saw it there. some say it has a bit of a jib jab take to it....
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here's what president obama has said. here's why this news, not just from a humanitarian perspective but whether or not the united states military will get involved, this is why chemical weapons is so important. here's the president. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also, to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical movement around or utilized. that would change my calculus. that was change my equation. >> general, does he make a mistake when he set so clearly what red lines are? people want them. if someone crosses it, you are forced to act. >> i don't think it's a mistake. i think it was a clear warning, both to assad and to his russian supporters that they can't do this. now, if the russians have an influence with assad, they better rein him back in. we talked about diplomacy and linkage with the russians. i didn't talk about the military option but there's a range of military options that could be used. >> all right. that brings me to the other t
here's what president obama has said. here's why this news, not just from a humanitarian perspective but whether or not the united states military will get involved, this is why chemical weapons is so important. here's the president. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also, to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical movement around or utilized. that would change my calculus. that was change my equation. >>...
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president obama? everyone is talking about it so we will ahead. ♪ ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. from the united states postal service a small jam maker can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, deadly bockings on the tenth anniversary of the start of the iraq war. today, marked by a dozen bombings in baghdad. 55 people have been killed. almost 200 wounded. those numbers could wise. we check in live in baghdad. we talk with the americans who fired the first shot in 2003. in syria, accusations, chemical weapons have been used. the government blamees the rebels, the rebels blame the government. no confirmation yet. president obama said the use of chemical weapons would cross a red line invoking harsh consequences. now what? a horrible accident late last night at a militar
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the state department has not confirmed the allegation chemical weapons were used. we have the president and founder of the american islamic forum for democracy. always nice to have you. let me ask you, how serious is this? how big of a deal is it? >> as we've been saying for almost two years now, no conflict has been worse in the world than what is going on in syria. assad's regime will stop at nothing. i have a family in aleppo. while they're safe there are millions of aleppo and all over syria are at risk. i think this may have been a trial balloon. we talk to some of our network physicians, we were skyping, a friend of mine was skyping at the hostile that received injured. it was clear that they had injuries with probably chemical related, pupils and broncho restriction that appear to be chemical. melissa: you think it probably was the case that it was probably chemical weapons? >> we do believe so. it just, too many patients did not have trauma but rather had respiratory, chemical type injuries to be explainable by simply a blast trauma. so you know, what do we
the state department has not confirmed the allegation chemical weapons were used. we have the president and founder of the american islamic forum for democracy. always nice to have you. let me ask you, how serious is this? how big of a deal is it? >> as we've been saying for almost two years now, no conflict has been worse in the world than what is going on in syria. assad's regime will stop at nothing. i have a family in aleppo. while they're safe there are millions of aleppo and all...
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and what happened is obama announced that he is going to israel and the united states--s believes-- made it clear to abu mazen that if reconciliation talks were to continue there would be no funding. >> warner: the u.s., israel and the e.u. consider hamas-- whose charter threatens the obliteration of israel-- to be a terrorist organization. in 2011, then secretary of state hillary clinton was asked if a just-announce pred limb their agreement between hamas and fatah would prompt the u.s. to reconsider aid for the palestinian authority. secretary clinton said "we've made it very clear that we cannot support any government that consists of hamas unless and until hamas adopts principles that have been well known to everyone for a number of years." the principles include recognizing the state of israel. shipley tellhami says the u.s. should be prepared to drop that insistence when it comes to political parties if it hopes to broker a peace deal. >> i think we should insist that any palestinian government-- whether it's hamas or whoever it is-- meet certain conditions including being against
and what happened is obama announced that he is going to israel and the united states--s believes-- made it clear to abu mazen that if reconciliation talks were to continue there would be no funding. >> warner: the u.s., israel and the e.u. consider hamas-- whose charter threatens the obliteration of israel-- to be a terrorist organization. in 2011, then secretary of state hillary clinton was asked if a just-announce pred limb their agreement between hamas and fatah would prompt the u.s....
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president obama characterized activity as a crossing a red line, that theoretically would lead to har, consequences. chief washington correspondent james rosen reports from the white house. >> syrian state television broadcast images showing victims of what the government said was a chemical attack launched by the rebels outside aleppo. the regime cited 16 dead and 86 injured, most critically. >> this morning, missile was launched. that missile carried poisonous gases. the substance of the missile caused the immediate fainting, convulsion and death. >> kremlin steadfastly backed the assad regime with weapons and political support blamed the rebels. but opposition leaders swiftly denied responsibility for attack in any event would have exceeded the known military capabilities. >> the rebels don't have access to chemical weapons. they don't have access to watch the chemical weapons. >> indeed the regime of the dictatorial president bashar assad long been believed to possess one of the largest arsenals of biological and chemicals weapons. he has used scud missile against the rebels in th
president obama characterized activity as a crossing a red line, that theoretically would lead to har, consequences. chief washington correspondent james rosen reports from the white house. >> syrian state television broadcast images showing victims of what the government said was a chemical attack launched by the rebels outside aleppo. the regime cited 16 dead and 86 injured, most critically. >> this morning, missile was launched. that missile carried poisonous gases. the substance...
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obama, maybe we have more time. i think the second issue is the concern israel has over kazakhstan diplomacy, p5+1. the last round was in sass sack stan. i think here -- kazakhstan. united states is heading to a deal that israelis may consider a bad deals. i may say the israelies have no choice but to take it. that is the best deal they will get and 20% deal on uranium. after all, mr. prime minister, didn't you literally draw the line in the u.n. at 20%? he will say, yeah i drew that that was, i didn't mean to say anything under 20% was kosher. and netanyahu's fear you've got iran on the ropes. you've got them in the corner. this is unprecedented the amount of international sanctions put together. thank the united states. thank the europeans. thank israel that kind of rung bell on this. and whatever you don't do now you won't do. there is nothing more permanent in the middle east than that which is temporary. if you let them off the hook now with 20%, they will be left with 5.9 tons of uranium, enriched-uranium. may
obama, maybe we have more time. i think the second issue is the concern israel has over kazakhstan diplomacy, p5+1. the last round was in sass sack stan. i think here -- kazakhstan. united states is heading to a deal that israelis may consider a bad deals. i may say the israelies have no choice but to take it. that is the best deal they will get and 20% deal on uranium. after all, mr. prime minister, didn't you literally draw the line in the u.n. at 20%? he will say, yeah i drew that that was,...
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the obama administration supports the challenge to the arizona law. and today's arguments on the heels of another case that could roll back a key portion of the voting rights act of 1965. for more on today's arguments, we turn as always to marcia coyle of the "national law journal." she was in the courtroom this morning, and is back with us tonight. so the outcome, marcia, of this could actually tip the federal-state balance on who gets to govern how we vote. >> that's true, gwen. the question before the justices is where do you draw the line between who has the authority to regulate elections. the election clause of the constitution actually gives authority to both. but where is the line when one crosses or goes too far than the other does? so that's the issue before the court. it wasn't clear today that it's going to be an easy line to find. >> ifill: the reason why this arizona law exists is because arizona officials say there's a problem involving illegal or undocumented immigrants registering to vote fraudulently. is there any evidence... did the
the obama administration supports the challenge to the arizona law. and today's arguments on the heels of another case that could roll back a key portion of the voting rights act of 1965. for more on today's arguments, we turn as always to marcia coyle of the "national law journal." she was in the courtroom this morning, and is back with us tonight. so the outcome, marcia, of this could actually tip the federal-state balance on who gets to govern how we vote. >> that's true,...
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the last few months, speculation that since the united states, president obama would be less active in israeli issues, that he may leave that to others, especially the europeans. which could mean not objecting to what the europeans are doing. measures have lately been taken -- anyopean countries thoughts on that? i doubt that. i have said before, he chose to take this trip. the trip itself sends a signal that he retains an interest in this. number two, i will never be in the u.s. interest to see bad ideas adopted. we will have to pick up the pieces anyway. is washingthink he his hands of it -- if he was, he would not be taking a trip there. number two, the secretary of state made it clear that this is an issue of great interest to him. part of this trip is designed to not only send the president interest in it, but to create wind he hanged the that -- wind behind the bat. if you adopt ideas that, in the end will be distraught and, to try get something done, the united states will have a posture on that and will not remain indifferent. i want to say something, to echo what dennis said.
the last few months, speculation that since the united states, president obama would be less active in israeli issues, that he may leave that to others, especially the europeans. which could mean not objecting to what the europeans are doing. measures have lately been taken -- anyopean countries thoughts on that? i doubt that. i have said before, he chose to take this trip. the trip itself sends a signal that he retains an interest in this. number two, i will never be in the u.s. interest to...
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they're going to want president obama to step forward and try to put pressure on folks. there are a lot of democrats, frankly, from rural states, from western states, midwestern states up for re-election next year not crazy about this ban. >> nbc's mike viqueira. mike, thanks ever so much. and we'll be right back. it's a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. (announcer) scottrade knows our and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me.
they're going to want president obama to step forward and try to put pressure on folks. there are a lot of democrats, frankly, from rural states, from western states, midwestern states up for re-election next year not crazy about this ban. >> nbc's mike viqueira. mike, thanks ever so much. and we'll be right back. it's a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global...
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obama is realizing that and setting new expectations. he said before last year he wouldn't go to israel unless there is some big reason to for the peace process. there isn't a reason now. he is going anyway because i think we have to come to grips with the fact we don't control the world's affairs. >> do you agree we don't control and can't dictate world affairs? and if that is the case, then how do we feel? what's the point of going? is there a point of at least influencing to some extent? >> it's interesting. you see in domestic politician especially on right and the republican side the libertarian idea matt just articulated becoming more popular with rand paul, his filibuster and not totally isolationist but basically the idea that the u.s. can get involved everywhere they might want to. i think obama sees that. i think that is the direction politics is shifting after ten years of war. and, yeah. i think that is going to be the reality a lot of politicians come to grips with matt, what's the headline going to be? >> you know, obama tr
obama is realizing that and setting new expectations. he said before last year he wouldn't go to israel unless there is some big reason to for the peace process. there isn't a reason now. he is going anyway because i think we have to come to grips with the fact we don't control the world's affairs. >> do you agree we don't control and can't dictate world affairs? and if that is the case, then how do we feel? what's the point of going? is there a point of at least influencing to some...
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would be unacceptable and would be lead to consequences from the united states. joining me now for reaction, lt. colonel oliver north. a fox news military analyst and joins us via skype. thank you for being here. the rebels say it was the syrian government that was trying to take out a police academy that the rebels had managed to take over and that it was a scud missile that missed, and that the government is to blame. the government says this is the rebel's doing and our white house is saying it's deeply skeptical of the claims, that the chemical weapons were used at all. what do you make of it? >> well, based on the footage that we've already shown, that i believe came out of cbs or ap. that shows casualties, several of them at a hospital or a medical treatment facility, but no indications that i can see in that footage, megyn, that would indicate that they've been exposed to a chemical agent and i say that because ten years ago today, we were in what we call full mop, the full protective equipment against chemical attack. griff jenkins and i driving north tow
would be unacceptable and would be lead to consequences from the united states. joining me now for reaction, lt. colonel oliver north. a fox news military analyst and joins us via skype. thank you for being here. the rebels say it was the syrian government that was trying to take out a police academy that the rebels had managed to take over and that it was a scud missile that missed, and that the government is to blame. the government says this is the rebel's doing and our white house is saying...
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and all of us are sure that obama disappointed us. >> reporter: do you hear the united states as an honest broker? >> definitely not. i think they want to be. i think it's as if they're easily, i think, israel can easily brain wash people into believing they're on the right. >> reporter: the turn-around on the arab street is striking and shows a big shift from two or three years ago. >> the palestine issue got worse. he backed down on the settlement issue. and the israelis started warming up to him particularly after he gave the united nations speech that in the general assembly which was extremely pro israel. >> reporter: the israeli government is determined to make this a feel good trip for the president. the u.s. embassy is using facebook to make the case the president is popular here. yet conversations with young professionals in tel aviv bring mixed reviews. >> i don't think that nothing important will come out from this visit. it's like -- it is going to be like a tourist visit. >> does it bother you that president obama and prime minister netanyahu don't get along? >> i think they h
and all of us are sure that obama disappointed us. >> reporter: do you hear the united states as an honest broker? >> definitely not. i think they want to be. i think it's as if they're easily, i think, israel can easily brain wash people into believing they're on the right. >> reporter: the turn-around on the arab street is striking and shows a big shift from two or three years ago. >> the palestine issue got worse. he backed down on the settlement issue. and the...